Senior Architect - Distributed Systems & DDD

DISCO; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Open, inclusive environment

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) matching

Flexible PTO

Stock RSUs

Job summary

DISCO, based in Chicago, seeks a Principal Software Engineer to shape and evolve our architecture using distributed domain-driven design, ensuring robustness and scalability across systems. You will lead architecture strategy, drive platform capabilities, and communicate complex concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders, enabling informed buy vs.

build decisions. This role values deep experience with multi-tenant, cloud-native, data-intensive distributed systems and a track record of

Qualifications

• 15+ years of architecture experience.
• Experience with high-volume distributed architectures prioritizing reliability and availability.
• Experience with big data technologies such as Elasticsearch, NoSQL, Kafka, and data pipelines.
• Experience with infrastructure services and observability systems.
• Experience with Domain Driven Design concepts.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture definition and evolution using distributed domain-driven practices.
• Guide teams on best practices, patterns, and buy vs. build decisions.
• Prioritize platform capability improvements and communicate architecture descriptions via automation.

Skills

15+ years exp

Distributed architecture

Big Data

Elasticsearch

Kafka

NoSQL

CI/CD

Cloud: AWS/Azure/GCP

Domain Driven Design

Microservices

Observability

Security-focused design

Tools

Docker-based services

Jenkins

CodePipeline

Terraform

Enterprise Message Bus

Job description

DISCO, based in Chicago, seeks a Principal Software Engineer to shape and evolve our architecture using distributed domain-driven design, ensuring robustness and scalability across systems. You will lead architecture strategy, drive platform capabilities, and communicate complex concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders, enabling informed buy vs.

build decisions. This role values deep experience with multi-tenant, cloud-native, data-intensive distributed systems and a track record of